SAUGUS Have a Safe & Happy Mother’s Day! OCAT D Vol. 27, No.19 CAT -FREE- www.advocatenews.net Published Every Friday T HOW TO RUN THE SCHOOLS: Saugus Public Schools Superintendent Michael Hashem partnered with 12-year-old Cole Gosselin during Student Government Day last week at Saugus Town Hall. Please see inside for more photos and the story. (Saugus Advocate photo by Mark E. Vogler) ATE 781-233-4446 Friday, May 9, 2025 SAUGUS LEADERS OF TOMORROW Town Meeting 2025 Members vote unanimously in support of feasibility study for West Side Public Safety and EMS response Facility By Mark E. Vogler here were seven articles passed at Monday night’s Special Town Meeting worth a million dollars or more, which totaled $17.8 million. But Article 6 – a recommendation to appropriate $825,000 on a feasibility study for a third fire station/West Side Public Safety and EMS Response Facility – drew considerably more discussion than the million dollar warrant articles did collectively. After more than 76 minutes of deliberations, Town Meeting members voted unanimously for what will be phase two of a long-sought-after public safety facility designed to improve emergency medical service response times on the west side of town. “This is a priority I’ve heard from everybody for 40 years,” Town Manager Scott C. Crabtree said, recalling unsuccessful eff orts in the past to make the project a reality. Crabtree called the fi re station/public safety project “one of the major priorities” for the town. “This is authorizing Phase Two, which we’ve never been at before – a schematic design,” he said. The town manager stressed that passage of the article does not authorize construction of the facility. But he addTOWN MEETING | SEE PAGE 2
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